Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval may be the apple of Modi’s eyes and has recently been allotted a bungalow at 5, Janpath, but the moot question remains. Which is, why hasn’t he been given a minister’s status so far? It is worth mentioning how during NDA’s rule, then popular Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpeyee had given the title of National Security Advisor to Brijesh Mishra, and then Mishra had been given the minister’s status. The tradition was later maintained by UPA-I and UPA-II, which subsequently ruled at the Centre. But the significant question of why Ajit Doval has not got a minister’s status remains. Is there a premeditated strategy of Modi’s behind this?